Categories: Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon strawberry flavoring (or vanilla or almond)
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup crushed or chopped strawberry (or a 10 oz. package of frozen strawberries, thawed and well drained, then chopped)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Melt butter. Mix with sugar and strawberry flavoring. Set aside and let cool.
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Separate the eggs, reserving the whites for later. When the butter/sugar mixture is warm but not hot to the touch, add the egg yolks one at a time, stirring thoroughly after each addition.
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Stir in the baking powder, soda and salt.
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Stir in half the strawberries. Stir in half the flour. Add the second half of the strawberries, then the second half of the flour.
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Beat the egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Fold them into the batter.
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Coat a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray, then line it with wax paper and spray it again.
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Turn the batter into the pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Cool the bread in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove from the loaf pan and continue to cool on the rack. Wait another 10 minutes or so before removing the wax paper.